We went through this too. When ds was young husband knew he was ahead but didn't think he was to ahead of his peers. I really wanted to homeschool but my husband said that he was gifted and the local schools were fine with him and that they had a gifted program. Plus, he said the schools would work with us. So, we went ahead and put our ds into public Kindergarten. It was about Christmas time when ds took the CAT test for 1st graders and made a 98% (mind u ds was still in Kindergarten). My husband and I presented the test to the principal and asked for our ds to be moved up to 1st (wasn't the first time we asked). The principal said "no". Husband was floored that they wasn't going to work with our ds and his academic abilities. He also saw that the Gifted and Talented program was a joke (35 min a week). That's when husband got it.
